Has anyone tried Almonds for gut health?

[pdpatient]

medicalnewstoday.com/articl...

The above is an article that touts the benefits of Almonds for gut health. What is your opinion or experience?

[docjleonard55]

That's an awful lot of almonds!

[Allypally49]

I use Almonds flour instead of ordinary flour for baking as it's low in carbs, lots of recipes on youtube.

[park_bear]

Interesting. Butyrate has mostly been alleged to be beneficial for Parkinson's although there is some contrary evidence:

scholar.google.com/scholar?...

I use almond flour in place of rolled oats for morning breakfast porridge. I add sunflower seeds, a few pumpkin seeds, wheat bran and red raspberries.

Can't say there's been any difference my gut health but it was okay to begin with.

[Bunny622023]

That is a lot of almonds but could be used throughout different recipes in a day, aside from as a snack. Interesting. We have for years added chopped almonds, walnuts, brazils, sunflower seed, pumpkin seed, poppy, into our breakfast but also I make a loaf that is all seeds and nuts and Psyllium powder instead of flour. It's delicious and Psyllium husk powder we find makes us less full and the overall loaf is better for digestion we find. Here's the recipe if you haven't already seen it. I sometimes add chopped apricots but you have to be careful not to change the recipe too much or it won't cut as well. I used only Psyllium Husk powder. It's super delish and as much as it is a Loaf, it's not so easy to cut it thin, it's more a yummy snack on it's own in thick pieces with a LOAD of butter drizzled on it hot out of the oven. (ONLY JOKING that last bit) 😜😁

food52.com/recipes/28886-my...

[LAJ12345 in reply to Bunny622023]

Yum, saving recipe!

[Bunny622023 in reply to LAJ12345]

🐰

[pdpatient in reply to Bunny622023]

Hi Bunny, your recipe makes my mouth water 😋

[Bunny622023 in reply to pdpatient]

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[pvw2]

My experience is that over a 10-year period regular consumption of raw almonds (about a handful per day) reduced the number of colon polyps found during colonoscopies.

colonoscopy --- # of polyps found (5 years between colonoscopies)

1st ------------------- 3

2nd ------------------ 3

started eating almonds

3rd ------------------ 0

4th ------------------ 1

Here is supporting information.

The relationship between nut intake and risk of colorectal cancer: a case control study

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

[alexask]

I eat a lot of almonds. But they are rather expensive. Mannitol or Inulin for increasing butyrate seems a more affordable option.